Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-18
THE TRANSGRESS0RS WAY
VIOLENT DEATH OF A DETROIT YES.
SELMAN BY SUICIDE,

And His Probable Murder Of His Mistress
History of the Sensation and Its Cul.
mination in Crime-Herr Most Breaks
into Jail Again-Tha Bomb Fiend in
Missouri-other Depravities.
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 1S-Capt A. H
Mills, a well-known vesselman, shot himself
at his home on Jefferson avenue Thursday
evening. Capt Mills was once the owner
of the finest line of harbor tugs here Sew
eral years ago his son, William A, secured
by some means two of his best tugs and set
up an opposition business. The captains re-
naming tugs were decided to his wife. Three
years ago his wife, Sarah E., died, leaving
the old captain as executor of the will, which
devised the property to three younger chill
dren, Mary, Andrew, and Agnes. Mrs.
Mills was a niece of Ex-Governor Morgan,
of New York and the captain had great ex-
pectations of property from that source,
causing him to live rather highly The
Morgan estate did not pan out very greatly,
and Mrs Mills share was paid in Wabash
bonds at par, though they were worth
only 46.
For a couple OF years then the old man
pooled his tug business with his son William
A, but the latter thought he could do bet
ter alone, and this year left the father to look
after himself The old captain bought his
coal in Windsor, on the Canadian side of the
river and getting into debt for it his tugs
were seized by the Judge of the maritime
court for the fuel bill Then the daughter
Mary began to fear that the property was
melting too fast, and that her father was get
ting too seriously involved, and determined
to secure the appointment of an admins
TRAITOR
Three days ago she put in a petition ask
ing for the removal of her father from the
charge Of her mothers estate, on the ground
that he had never qualified. Her petition
was granted and c. S. Berry, lawyer ap-
pointed administrator Thursday Berry
made affidavit that Capt Mills was unlaw-
fully holding some of the property. At .
O'Clock he went to call on the captain and
had not got out of the house, after stormy
interview, when pistol shot rang from the
old mans room. He had blown out his
brains, and was found dead on the floor with
smoking pistol beside him
A new complication has been added to the
Mills case by the finding Thursday night of
the dead body of Mrs. Austin Rising, wife
of the manager of Capt. Mills tug line in
her bed room on East Congress street. but
few blocks from the Mills residence. 1t has
long been a matter of rumor that Capt Mills
was unduy familiar with his managers wife.
Thursday afternoon he telephoned to Mr.
Rising that he wanted to see him about the
tugs and would meet him on the dock at
| Z O'Clock. This was about 40 Immeii-
ately afterwards the captain went to Mrs
RisinQs residence and shortly sfterward was
seen to rush out of the Rising residence and
hasten toward home
About 5 80 o'clock Mr. Rising went home
with male companion. and the two drank
very freely of whisky. Policeman Mulhol-
land hearing the noise looked through the
blind and saw Rising. after drinking nick m
| lamp and 60 into his wifs's bedroom. He
came ont Immediately and tina tvo man